Haver?

[pinkkitty]

I was just listening to "500 Miles" by the Proclaimers. and in it they say "and if i Haver, yeah i know i'm gonna be, i'm gonna be the man who's haverin' to you"

what does Haver mean? I looked it up on the Cambridge online dictionary and it asked me if i was sure i didn't mean "happy". Is it some sort of Scottish slang word?

thanks

P.s. sorry if this is a really stupid question!

[heathfield]

Haver = speak a load of tosh.

[pinkkitty]

ah! thank you!

[VS Prasad]

It means to talk nonsense, chatter.

To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter. Scot. --Sir W. Scott.

Painting a log pink , while being naked and drinking canada dry giner.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term =Haver

(Scottish) talk foolishly; babble. 2 Brit. act in an indecisive manner.

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/haver?vie w=uk

chiefly British : to hem and haw

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dic tionary&va=haver

to hesitate, To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter; talking nonsense; foolish; babble

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Haver

to equivocate; vacillate.
Noun (Hebrew) - friend; comrade; companion.

http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/haver

(n.) A possessor; a holder, The oat; oats.

http://www.onelook.com/?other=web1913&w=Haver

A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #22220)

http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=Have r

To be slow or hesitant in making a decision.

http://www.allwords.com

[pinkkitty]

wow that's a really thorough answer! thanks VS Prasad.

[miffy63]

Thanks pinkkitty, I have that song in my head now and I don't even like it! : )

[legend758duo]

gibber a lot of p1sh .


lol

[Zeddy]

Ach away an stop sleverin'

[dundurn]

Also used as a noun e.g. he's talkin' havers - he has lost the plot. Same as blethering and blethers. All good Scots words still in active use. Led to some amusement when the Attorney General was Lord Havers!